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Koine Greek wordlink #159279

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SR GNT Rev 8:11 ἐπικράνθησαν (epikranthaʸsan) ‘the waters because they were made_bitter’ Strongs=40870 Lemma=pikrainō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=passive person=3rd number=plural
Year=96 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἐπικράνθησαν (V-IAP3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπικράνθησαν’ (V-IAP3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘they were made_bitter’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘pikrainō’ have 4 different glosses: ‘be_being embittered’, ‘was made_bitter’, ‘it will_be making_bitter’, ‘they were made_bitter’.

Greek words (1) other than ἐπικράνθησαν (V-IAP3··P) with a gloss related to ‘made_bitter’

REV 10:10 ἐπικράνθη (epikranthaʸ) V-IAP3··S ‘when I ate it was made_bitter the stomach of me’ SR GNT Rev 10:10 word 29

OET-LV: 10 And I _took the little _scroll out _of the hand of _the messenger, and I _devoured it, and it _was in the mouth of _me as honey sweet, and when I _ate it, was _made _bitter the stomach of _me. (REV_10:10)

OET-RV: 10 So I took that little scroll from the messenger’s hand and ate it, and it tasted sweet like honey, but my stomach hurt afterwards (REV 10:10)

Key: V=verb